Someone, whom I deeply respect, has questioned my use of Savior and of Lord. Maybe I am not putting what I believe clearly, or maybe I am wrong. Please, never take ME as gospel. Search the Bible and learn for yourself. But I will try to explain what I said in my earlier blog.

Those, who I think, will be surprised to be turned away at the gate of Heaven are people who truely believe they are saved but are not. Some call them false converts. They have made a commitment to Christ but didn't have a Road to Damascus experience. They "believe" in Christ. Well, Satan knows Him personally. They are people who sit in church every sunday, who "work" for the Lord and say they are good people. Jesus uses the parables of the wheat and the tares, andthe ten virgins to show us that not everyone sitting in our churches will enter the kingdom of Heaven.
If people don't repent of their sin, they will become false converts Mark4:16,17. In evangelism, we have gone too far to God is a loving God and forgotten to teach that God is a just God. We don't think the ten commandments are relevant today. But they show us our sin! Charles Spurgeon said, "Explain the Ten Commandments and obey the Divine injunction: Show my people their transgressions, and the house of Jacob their sins. Open up the spirituality of the Law as our Lord did". He also said " There must be true and deep conviction of sin. This the preacher must labor to produce, for where this is not felt, the new birth has not taken place.". Many view their conversion as no longer being accountable to the Law.
My son Isaac, has also added the wider view of who will be saved and he is correct. God will have mercy on those who are sincerely searching for God according to their abilities ie people in regions of the earth that have not heard the gospel. Christ is their Savior even tho they are unaware of it, but Christ is not their Lord.
I love this example that I read in The Way of The Master.... Instead of having the sons of Kohath carry the ark, David had it carried on an oxcart. As it was brought into Israel, the oxen stumbled and the ark began to rock. When Uzzah reached out his hand to steady it, God killed him. R.C. Sproul rightly said that Uzzah presumed his hand was cleaner than the dirt!

Are we presuming?

Thank you all for your condolences. During prayer the other day, the Lord said, "She is with me.". How gracious of Him to let me know. She is "running with angels on streets made of gold, listening to stories of saints new and old, worshipping her Maker".
I have shared this with others and one person wrote, "Aren't we all on the same road?" How I wish that were true. But the Bible is so clear about how to get to Heaven.

John 14:6 "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.".

Luke 13:24+"Strive to enter through the NARROW door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. When once the master of the House has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the dor, saying, Lord, open to us, then He will answer you, "I do not know where you come from. " Then you wil begin to say, We ate and drank in Your presence, and you taught in our streets. But He will say "I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me.".

Matthew 7:13+ "Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads t life, and those who find it are few.".

I have learned that there is a difference between Jesus being the Lord of your life and accepting Him as your Savior. You try to follow His ways and be obedient if He is your Lord. These are the people who will be utterly surprised to be turned away. To make Him your Savior, you must admit you are a sinner and accept His great sacrifice on the cross as payment for your sins, past present and future. Jesus paid it all. He is the narrow road. The only way.

To many people, Heaven and Hell are fictional places. They are very real. I have many friends who are in Heaven but sadly, some of my friends are suffering in eternal hell. How it grieves me to think of them. But we all make our own choice.

I pray that everyone who reads this will one day be with me, and my sister, and my Lord in Heaven. Blessings to all.